FLIR PTU E46

Miniature Computer-Controlled Pan/Tilt Unit

The PTU-E46 family of miniature pan/tilt units provide fast, precise positioning in an extremely small and lightweight package. They are fully computer-controlled and offer programmability of speed, acceleration, power, and other parameters. The included controller, with built-in RS-232, Ethernet, and RS-485 interfaces, handles precise kinematic motion control according to user-set parameters. The PTU-E46 units accept ASCII and binary command formats and is networkable. Commands can be sent at high speeds for demanding applications, such as laser scanning and video tracking.

The PTU-E46 series will discontinue on March 1, 2024. The last day of support from Teledyne FLIR will be June 2025. For more information regarding the discontinuation process and to see what alternative solutions we recommend, please reference the EOL notice below.

Tau® 2+

Longwave Infrared Thermal Camera Module with Enhanced Performance and Increased Sensitivity

The ITAR-free Tau 2+ is the most advanced, highest performance longwave infrared (LWIR) Tau 2 camera model from Teledyne FLIR. It maintains the widely deployed and real-world-tested Tau 2 mechanical, electrical, and optical interfaces allowing plug-and-play with existing designs. Its new 1.5× sensitivity improvement and an entirely redesigned image processing engine deliver dramatically enhanced scene contrast and sharpness.

Tau 2+ is the go-to thermal camera module for the most challenging environments, including detection of the smallest, hardest to find targets over long distances. Enhanced LWIR thermal performance and market-leading reliability provide low-risk development in the short run and the long run, making it the ideal camera module for unmanned vehicles, security applications, and thermal sights.

The Tau2+ is an OEM camera module that is intended to be integrated into a higher level system.

PathFindIR™ II

Driver Vision Enhancement System for Today’s Vehicles

PathFindIR II is a powerful thermal night vision system that helps you clearly see road hazards in total darkness, and it will alert you to nearby vehicles, people, and animals. Headlights typically illuminate about 450 feet straight ahead, but PathFindIR II detects heat without a need for light, allowing you to see up to four times farther down the road. You’ll have visibility through dust, smoke, or fog, and better capability to avoid an accident.

Multiple configurations are available for all PathFindIR II models including animal detection (AD), pedestrian detection (PD), and logo branding.

PRODUCT END-OF-LIFE NOTICE
The end-of-sale date to order the affected product is June 30, 2023. Customers who acquire new product will continue to receive support from Teledyne FLIR until Dec 19, 2025. See the EOL notice below for additional details.

Ce:LuAG

Laser Materials

LuAG (Lutetium Aluminum Garnet) is of particular interest as a material for diode pumped solid-state lasers employing active ions such as Yb, Tm, Er, and Ho. This host has the smallest lattice constant of the rare earth garnets and the resulting crystal field in LuAG yields narrower linewidths and higher absorption and emission cross-sections. The net effect is higher efficiency laser devices.

Ce:YAG

Laser Materials

Cerium doped YAG is a chemically inert non-hygroscopic inorganic scintillator well matched to charge-coupled device (CCD) sensitivity with peak emission of 550nm. Ce:YAG is commonly used as a phosphor in cathode ray tubes and white light-emitting diodes.

Ce:YAP

Laser Materials

Teledyne FLIR Laser Crystals and Components offers high quality Yttrium Orthoaluminate, also referred to as yttrium aluminum perovskite (YAP), doped with Tm, Nd, Pr, Er and Cr.

YAP´s hardness and thermal conductivity are similar to YAG, but exhibits a highly anisotropic thermal expansion coefficient and is birefringent. YAP is an orthorhombic negative biaxial crystal belonging to the D162h (Pnma) space group. Emission wavelengths are polarized, and emission and absorption cross sections are dependent upon the crystallographic orientation. Teledyne FLIR Laser Crystals and Components (along with references [1] and [3] below), use the Pnma space group convention for defining the crystallographic a, b, and c-axis lattice constants. Others (including reference [2]) use the Pbnm convention. In the table below, we related the two conventions thru their common lattice constants.

CLI-30

30 W VCSEL-Based Compact Laser Illuminator

VCSEL-based Compact Laser Illuminator (CLI) is a high power, pulsed laser illuminator capable of up to 30 W of peak output power. Designed for SWaP-sensitive platforms, the CLI provides speckle-free illumination in a passively cooled compact package. Currently available in the NIR band at 860 nm and the SWIR band at 1060 nm, the CLI is controlled through a serial port and operates from 8 up to 1000 Hz.

CLI-650

Compact VCSEL Based 650mW Laser Illuminator

NIR laser illuminators are based on proprietary laser diode technology and achieve superior illumination quality for improved image quality with higher signal-to-noise ratios. 650 mW model provides high brightness illumination in a 3° spot size.

CLI-TO

Compact VCSEL Based 100mW Laser Illuminator

NIR laser illuminators are based on proprietary laser diode technology and achieve superior illumination quality for improved image quality with higher signal-to-noise ratios. 100mW models provides high brightness illumination in a 3° spot size.

CLIP-NIR

Compact Laser Illuminator Pointer Near Infrared

Designed for demanding Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) requirements, CLIP™ NIR is a military-qualified 830 nm NIR illuminator and pointer incorporating advanced (patent pending) illumination technology. Its optical design produces better performance over temperature, and features three operating modes: pointer only, illuminator only, and a unique combination mode that places a bright point in the center of the illuminated scene. CLIP NIR is mil-spec and features a standard rail mount and compliant safety interlocks.

Co:Spinel PASSIVE Q-SWITCH

Laser Materials

Cobalt-doped magnesium aluminate (Spinel) is a solid-state passive Q-Switch material working in the 1200nm - 1600nm range. Solid-State passive Q-Switches generating high power laser pulses are attractive because they allow for the development of compact low-cost laser sources without the need for a high voltage power supply. Erbium Glass lasers emitting in the 1.5μm are of great interest for being in eye safe wavelength region with applications include dermatology systems, laser surgery, range-finding, environmental sensing, telecommunications, and Lidar.
Passive Q-Switches are specified by initial transmission at the wavelength of interest.

Connector Kit, 32 pin for E BO Cable

Connector Kit, Pan and Tilt 19 pin

Cr⁴⁺:YAG PASSIVE Q-SWITCH

Laser Materials

C⁴⁺:YAG has become the solid-state passive Q-switch material of choice for 1 micron laser systems, offering several significant advantages over active acousto-optic and electro-optic devices, including:

• Eliminates the need for a high voltage power supply
• Reduce packaging size and weight
• Improved reliability and a longer lifetime in 1064 nm Nd:YAG lasers.
• Readily fabricated into high optical quality OEM components.

A small fraction of the chromium ions in YAG can be induced to change valence from the normal Cr³⁺ to Cr⁴⁺ with the addition of charge compensating impurities such as Mg²⁺ or Ca²⁺. The best measure of the Cr⁴⁺ concentration is the low power absorption coefficient alpha at 1064 nm. The typical values of alpha vary from 1-7 cm-1 for passive Q-switch applications. References 1)

CTH:YAG

Laser Materials

Triple doped Cr³⁺,Tm³⁺, Ho³⁺:YAG is an efficient solid-state laser medium for 2097nm generation, widely used in military, medicine, and remote sensing applications. High spectral overlap of pump radiation (lamp or diode) with the Cr³⁺ and Tm³⁺ absorption bands, and a highly efficient conversion from the absorption bands into the ⁵I₇ -> ⁵I₈ Ho³⁺ emission band, enables 2 micron laser architectures with high quantum efficiency. [1], [2]

Er:YAG

Laser Materials

Highly doped (50%) Erbium YAG is a well-known laser source for producing 2940nm emission, commonly used in medical [1] (e.g. cosmetic skin resurfacing), and dental [2] (e.g., oral surgery) applications due to the strong water and hydroxyapatite absorption at this wavelength.

Low doped (< 1%) Erbium YAG has been studied as an efficient means to generate high power and high energy 1.6 micron ‘eye-safe’ laser emission thru 2 level resonant pumping schemes. In these systems, fiber or diode lasers pump the ~1.5 micron ⁴I₁₅⸝₂ − > ⁴I₁₃⸝₂ absorption band, where non-radiative coupling between stark levels allows 1.6 micron laser emission with quantum efficiencies in excess of 90% [3].

FLIR PTU-D47

Pan/Tilt for payloads up to 12 lbs

The PTU-D47 computer-controlled pan/tilt is compact, lightweight, versatile, and field-proven across hundreds of applications. It is a low-cost, off the-shelf solution for positioning camera, laser, antenna, or other payloads up to 12 pounds. It features a fully-integrated, mil-style controller with a single weatherized connection for power and pan/tilt control, as well as optional payload signal management. The side-mount bracket allows positioning payloads for a lower center-of-gravity, and for mounting multiple payloads (top and side).

Gallium Garnet

Laser Materials

Teledyne FLIR Laser Crystals and Components offers a variety of gallium garnet laser materials for your production and/or R&D efforts.

Dopant/Host combinations previously studied include:

• YSGG - Er, Cr activated YSGG is used in lamp pumped medical applications[1]
• GSGG - Nd, Cr activated GSGG is used for high transfer efficiency lamp pumped systems [2], [3]
• GGG
• TGG
• YGG
• LuGG

Gallium Garnet crystals are available with a variety of dopant ions including Er, Cr, Nd, Yb, Ce, Pr, Eu, Ho, & Tm.

Ho:YAG

Laser Materials

Ho³⁺ ions doped into insulating laser crystals have exhibited 14 inter-manifold laser channels, operating in temporal modes from CW to mode-locked [1]. Ho:YAG is commonly used as an efficient means to generate 2.1-μm laser emission from the ⁵I₇ - ⁵I₈ transition, for applications such as laser remote sensing, medical surgery, and pumping Mid-IR OPO’s to achieve 3-5micron emission. Direct diode pumped systems [2], [3] and Tm: Fiber Laser pumped systems[4] have demonstrated hi slope efficiencies, some approaching the theoretical limit.

Host/Dopant Combinations

Custom Materials Development

The Teledyne FLIR crystal and laser components group has grown a wide range of specialty and hard to find laser materials, including:

• Mixed garnet materials for compositional wavelength tuning.
• Gallium Garnet material such as YGG, GGG, GSGG, YSGG
• Not finding what you are looking for?

Ask us about our Custom Material Development Programs.

MLI-100

Miniature Laser Pointer

The VCSEL-based Miniature Laser Illuminator (MLI) is designed for SWaP-sensitive platforms, including unmanned aerial vehicles and hand-held systems for military personnel. Available in 100 mW and 400 mW models at 808, 850, or 860 nm, the MLI is controlled through a serial port and can operate in both CW and QCW modes. Externally controlled brightness and pulsing are available. Because the MLI is an OEM component, can customize it to fit your specific requirements.

MLI-400

Miniature Laser Pointer

VCSEL-based Miniature Laser Illuminator (MLI) is designed for SWaP-sensitive platforms, including unmanned aerial vehicles and hand-held systems for military personnel. Available in 100 mW and 400 mW models at 808, 850, or 860 nm, the MLI is controlled through a serial port and can operate in both CW and QCW modes. Externally controlled brightness and pulsing are available. Because the MLI is an OEM component, can customize it to ft your specific requirements.

MLP

Miniature Laser Pointer

Miniature Laser Pointer (MLP) is useful for marking objects from long distances, and is compatible with all generations of night vision goggles. The ultralow weight of the FLIR MLP enables its use in small vehicles and in handheld applications. The timing sequence has multiple patterns available for user/OEM flexibility. User-defined patterns and ramping/flashing are also allowed.

MLR/TM-10K

Integrated Miniature Laser Rangefinder and Target Marker

Miniature Laser Rangefinder/Target Marker (MLR/TM) is designed for SWAP-sensitive platforms including dismounted soldier hand-held systems, stabilized electro-optical turrets and ground vehicles. Weighing less than three pounds, the MLR/TM contains a laser rangefinder and a fully qualified laser target marker, both with an effective range of 10 km and 50-55 mJ output. Designed as an OEM component, FLIR can customize the design to fit your specific requirements.